Renault Plant Occupied As French Auto Strike Spurs Clashes
Riot police clashed with thousands of demonstrators near Paris at the Renault Flins plant as workers pressed a 20 day strike. Pickets blocked lines and police used tear gas. several injured. De Gaulle prepared to address the nation in a televised interview as the campaign opened.
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Michel Droit
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Figaro Litteraire
National Assembly
Popular Front
Michelin Tire
Clermont-Ferrand
Toulouse
Orly
LeBourget
Peace Negotiators Attend Funeral Amid Vietnam Talks
Paris AP reports ambassadors, including Averell Harriman and Cyrus Vance, attend the funeral as U.S. peace talks in Paris pause. North Vietnam presses for battlefield victories while talks are in recess until Wednesday. Officials expect no quick resolution as Hanoi signals continued resistance and possible uprisings in South Vietnam.
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U.S
Vietnam
South
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York
Robert F. Kennedy
Vance
Vo Nguyen Giap
United States
Ee Serra
Hanoi
South Viet
McCarthy Wins 19 Delegates in New Jersey
New Jersey results show Eugene J. McCarthy securing 19 delegates to the Democratic National Convention while an uncommitted Hughes slate with 61 seats dominates most of the rest. Two delegates remain undecided due to ballot counts in the 4th District as parties assess backing amid Kennedy’s death and Humphrey prospects.
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Eugene J. McCarthy
New Jersey
Richard
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Robert F. Kennedy
Hubert H. Humphrey
McCarthy
Minnesota
Clifford P. Case
Hruska Favored for New GOP Whip in Senate
Sen Roman L Hruska of Nebraska is favored to win the Senate Republicans No 2 leadership post succeeding Sen Thomas H Kuchel after his primary loss Dirksen lauds Hruskas legislative skill and conservative record while liberal Republicans hint at Sen Hugh Scott as alternative potential whip candidate The post will be filled when the new Congress convenes in January with no declared candidates yet
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Thomas H. Kuchel
California
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Everett M. Dirksen
Iinois
Dirksen
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Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Quads Born at Alexandria Hospital
Mrs Nimat Boulos 35 wife of a railroad worker gave birth to quadruples on Thursday. Doctors reported the mother and all four children are in good condition and progressing well at the local hospital.
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UALR
UPS
Nimat Boulos
Turn in Gun Week Slated in San Francisco
San Francisco mayor Joseph L Alioto proclaims Turn in Your Gun week starting July 4 and urges residents to surrender all hand guns at police stations with no questions asked. Police Chief Thomas Cahill backs the proposal as a wonderful idea.
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Joseph L. Alioto
Sen
Robert F.) Kennedy
Thomas Cahill
Stock Market Settles After Kennedy Assassination Shock
New York AP reports the stock market steadied on Thursday after the Kennedy assassination shocks. Of 1,543 issues, 943 advanced and 405 declined as the Dow Jones industrials rose 2.71 points to 1919.13 amid 16.13 million shares traded, the seventh highest NYSE volume ever.
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Robert F. Ken ‘Nedy
New York Stock Exchange
Rustin May Quit Over Authority For June 19 March
Bayard Rustin threatened to quit as coordinator of the June 19 Washington mass march unless he receives clear authority to plan. He said a detailed agreement with Ralph Abernathy gives him general power to organize and recruit 1,000 parade marshals, warning that violent rhetoric could derail civil rights goals. Hosea Williams indicated Austin’s role was limited to public relations.
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Bayard Rustin
Washington
Rustin
Ralph D. Abernathy
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Abernathy
SCLC
Hosea Williams
Austin
UN guards tightened after Kennedy shooting threats
Security forces at the United Nations were placed on alert to shield Arab delegates following threats. Ambassadors from Jordan Syria and Algeria reported threatening calls after Sirhan Sirhan the Jordanian-born suspect in Senator Robert F. Kennedy’s assassination was identified.
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UPI
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Arab Nations
Robert F. Kennedy
Jordan
Syria
Algeria
Kennedy
Sirhan Sirhan
Daly Resigns as VOA Chief Over Administrative UnderCUTTING
Washington AP Daly quits as head of the Voice of America accusing executive undercutting and maladministration in transferring a top aide. Leonard Marks of USIA accepts Daly’s resignation effective immediately. Daly, 54, longtime broadcaster and son in law of Chief Justice Earl Warren, had led VOA since May 1967.
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John Charles Daly
Voice of America
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Leonard Marks
United States Information Agency
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U.S
Earl Warren
Johnson
USIA
Richard G. Cushing
Leonard Reed
Usia Press and Publications Service
NBC
John Chancellor
South Africa
CBS
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Merger OKd for IVB Allentown Bank
Directors of Industrial Valley Bank and Lehigh Valley Trust Co have approved merger plans pending stockholder and regulator approval. The merger would involve about $8.4 million in IVB stock.
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Industrial Valley Bank
Lehigh Valley Trust Co
Allentown
Allentown Bank
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